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MEDIA CRA~`T ASSOCIATES Application for Amendment to the BetheX-Danebo Refinement Plan A. Introduction qn goober 12, 1990, Media Craft Associates submitted a proposed amendment to the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan to designate property located at 3885 Elmira Road far mixed-use development. At its meeting of November 13, 1990, the Plan- ning Commission agreed that the proposed amendment should be classified as a minor amendment. That determination enabled Media Craft to submit this formal application for amendment to the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan pursuant to Section 9.141 of the Eugene Code. The proposed amendment involves application of a mixed-use designation to approximately 4.74 acres of property located at 3885 Elmira Road, The property is also identified as Tax Lots 8101, $102, and $244 of Assessor's Map 17-D4-27-21. The property is presently designated for low-density residential use in the Bethel- Danebo Refinement Plan and zoned RA Suburban Residential District. Despite these plan and zoning designations, the property has a history of nonresidential use. According to old telephone directories, it was owned and occupied by Ed Jensen Co. Tractor Sales and Service at least as early as 1935. Between 1962 and 1987, the property was owned and used by Goodwill Industries f or a variety of quasi-industrial and commercial functions such as laundry, collection and repair of used goods, and sales of used merchandise. Existing improvements include an industrial building with approximately 19,000 square feet of floor area, a smaller building with approximately 700 square feet of floor area, a former fire station donated to Goodwill Industries by the City of Eugene in 1968, parking areas, and a residence. while neither the current version of the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan nor its predecessor recognize the long-established use of this property, the city has recog- nized the nonresidential use in other ways. When the fire station was donated to Goodwill Industries in 1968, the city entered into a written agreement with Goodwill which authorized the existing use of the property, subject to Goodwill installing certain screening measures. After Goodwill Industries acquired new facilities on Seneca Road, it placed this property on the market. Media Craft purchased it with the intent of using the existing structure for its video production business. However, it has been pre- vented from doing so, by the RA zoning applied to the property. After reviewing a variety of opt~ans wYth the Planning and Development Department, it was deter- mined that the most appropriate way of resolving the situation would be to seek a mixed-use classification for the property as provided in Sections 9.476 through 9.484 of the Eugene Cade. Approval of such a zoning classification is contingent upon changing the low-density residential designation applied to the property in the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan to a mixed-use designation. The zoning and development status of surrounding properties is summarized below: Application for Amendment fo the Bethel-Danebo Refinment Plan, Page 1 of II